As the nation's leading private sector fire protection provider, Rural/Metro has demonstrated how the public and private sectors can come together to provide top-notch services for less cost through correctly administered emergency services.

Rural/Metro currently provides private fire protection services to more than 25 communities, and responds to more than 60,000 calls annually. Studies have shown that Rural/Metro's fire protection provides residents with a high degree of safety, while featuring comparatively lower costs. Rural/Metro's emphasis on fire prevention has resulted in an incidence of structure fires that is lower than the national average.

In addition to community fire protection, Rural/Metro provides industrial aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), and wildland fire protection services.

Our emergency training division provides firefighting, hazardous materials response and confined space rescue training to industrial emergency response teams. Businesses can also contract with us to provide complete response team operations.

Our ARFF services can help airports increase service levels, while cutting costs. Typically, Rural/Metro provides on-site structural fire and emergency services as well as runway services. Among those are the Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio and the FedEx Express in Memphis, Tennessee.